miercuri, 10 august 2016

After 1-1 with Honduras, Argentina repeated the feat in London 2012

Honduras , as four years ago in London, today repeated the feat of qualifying for the quarter-finals of Olympics after a 1-1 draw with Argentina , who needed to win to keep the square and avoid failure to return home prematurely.

The penalty kick by Anthony Lozano after 75 minutes sealed a lucky flirted with both teams, as the Hondurans could go ahead in the fourth minute attached to the first half but the goalkeeper Gerónimo Trulli amended the mistake of having committed the offense by stopping the release captain Bryan Acosta.

Mauricio Martinez equalized in the 93 to take advantage of a free kick that swerved into Honduran defenders, but the three minutes that remained the parties were already insufficient to think of the comeback.

As Honduras, Argentina were awarded a penalty 55 minutes into the Atletico Madrid player Angel Correa crashed into the base of the left vertical Honduran goalkeeper Luis Lopez .

Argentina avasallaba a rival made ​​to resist and fight back . And precisely Alberth good work down the right Elis by the central Lautaro Gianetti had no recourse but to tear it down and receive the admonition of the central referee, the Spanish Antonio Mateu Lahoz.

This time Anthony Lozano took the ball and beat Rulli to put Argentina's life upside down.

In a unforgiving heat than an hour after noon was a wind chill of 33 degrees Celsius in Brazil ia Argentines took the initiative despite the lack of precision in passing and compact lines Bicolor, which made ​​transit difficult the ball ..

Jonathan Calleri, the top scorer in the recent Copa Libertadores, struggled to impose his physical and approached with danger on three occasions, and through turns disturbed twice Correa.


Lozano had already given notice of his versatility as playmaker and striker in the air.

When all it seemed settled for Argentines arrived both Martinez, but the draw was not worth to change history.

Argentina, who had hung the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Beijing today was not even a shadow of those other Argentinians who were putting fear rivals.

"Nobody wins with the shirt , " warned the eve coach Jorge Luis Pinto , as Colombian as Luis Fernando Suarez , who in the 2012 Summer Olympics took first Central American to the instance of the top eight. There they stopped, as they lost to Brazil in a tight match 3-2.

Pinto warned yesterday that his players want to overcome it by Honduras in 2012 while his Argentine counterpart Julio Olarticoechea admitted the possibility of losing immense.

Honduras, as second place in Group D, which won Portugal , will meet on August 13 in Belo Horizonte, with the leader of C, to be settled today between South Korea, Mexico and Germany.

- Data sheet


1. Argentina: Gerónimo Rulli; José Luis Gómez, Lautaro Gianetti, Leandro Vega, Alexis Soto (m.87, Cristian Espinoza); Ascacibar Santiago, Mauricio Martinez; Cristian Pavón, Ángel Correa, Giovani Lo Celso (M.70, Giovanni Simeone); and Jonathan Calleri.

Coach: Julio Olarticoechea

1. Honduras: Luis Lopez; Brayan Ramírez (m.87, Kevin Alvarez), Jhonatan Paz, Marcelo Pereira, Allans Vargas ; Brayan Garcia, Bryan Acosta, Allan Banegas (m.62, Marcelo Espinal), Romell Quioto (m.81, Jhow Benavidez); Anthony Lozano and Alberth Elis.

Coach: Jorge Luis Pinto

Gol: 1-0, m.75: Anthony Lozano, a penalty. 1-1, m.93: Mauricio Martinez.

Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz the Spanish expelled / admonished Bryan Acosta, Leandro Vega, Jhonatan Paz, Santiago Ascacíbar, Gerónimo Rulli, Angel Correa, Marcelo Pereira, Lautaro Gianetti and Anthony Lozano.

Incidents: Party of the third and final day of group D played at the National Stadium in the city of Brasilia.

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